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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I use to believe that good dogs could be found a pet shops, and of course anything possible, but pet shop dogs usually come from puppy mills. The pet store has a huge mark up on dogs. Responsible breeders would never sell to a pet store because they have no control on who buys a dog. A responsible breeder wants to make sure the human is a good match for the dog, and can provide it the care it needs. Pet shops will sell to anyone with the money. A backyard breeder's puppies are probably no healthier than a millers dogs, but at least the breeding dogs are kept in humane conditions. |
Not necessarily. I've seen some conditions of BYB's that would turn your stomach. The only reason they weren't legally classified as mills is they kept just under the volume that would trigger having to register. Obviously, not all are kept in squalid conditions, but it isn't safe to assume that your BYB dog had a better start than the one from the mill.